Word Meaning

Meaning of "bar" and the crossword clue

- A rod
- Alehouse
- Cake (of soap)
- Chart type
- Chocolate block
- Counter
- Counter in a pub
- Drinking establishment
- Drinking place
- Drinking venue
- Drinks counter
- Exclude
- Exclude from drinks counter
- Exclude legal profession from pub
- Expel
- Footballers might hit it during or following the game
- Gymnastic equipment
- Heater element
- Hotel counter
- Inn
- Obstruct
- Place for drinking
- Pole
- Prevent beggars dropping eggs
- Prevent Chloe leaving bachelor
- Rigid piece of metal
- Rod
- Rod is in Cabaret
- Saloon
- Tavern
- Watering hole
- A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
- An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
- Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
- Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
- The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.
- The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
- The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
- A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
- Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
- A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
- An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
- A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
- A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
- The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.
- To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
- To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
- To except; to exclude by exception.
- To cross with one or more stripes or lines.